ESXi 6.7 host fails with PSOD，pls help to check
It casued 3 times recently,and here is the log I have：2012-01-04T11:14:21.190Z cpu0:2097642) [45m [33;1mVMware ESXi 6.7.0 [Releasebuild-10764712 x86_64] [0m#GP Exception 13 in world 2097642:tq:tcpip4 @...
View ArticleLinks for understanding ESXi kernel log messages?
I am getting the following warning messages in a ESXi vmkernel.log2020-10-11T04:35:10.391Z cpu26:2097884)WARNING: vmnic2:TxI:26/162020-10-11T04:35:10.391Z cpu26:2097884)vmnic2:STB:3-196 IDX...
View ArticleESXi 7.0.0 rebooting at random
Hi, I noticed every few weeks my ESXi reboots at random, and everytime before it happens the vmkwarning.log records the below.Seems to me like a memory leak.I've deployed 2 servers with ESXi 7.0 on the...
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Driver for Intel 10GbE Intel NIC (AF DA Dual Port, 8086:10f1) working with...
Hi there, I am looking for a solution to get some old NICs working (AF DA Dual Port, PCI ID 8086:10f1). It looks like there is a driver for ESXi 6 according to VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device...
View ArticlevSphere 6.7 - does the firewall block any traffic to VMs ?
We have an ESXI installation where our mailserver in a VM seems to not receive on certain ports.SMTP and IMAP are received without problems but POP3 and another port are forwarded by our external...
View ArticleCall "ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent" for object "ServiceInstance" on Server...
Hi Folks I'm going around in circles with one of our hosts. It's running an old version of ESXi (4.x) and giving me lots of trouble with connecting. This has not always been the case but for a little...
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Esxtop on 7.0U1 won't start in interactive mode.
Build 16850804 I start esxtop from the command line, no switches, I get batch mode output. i try esxtop -b, I get batch mode output. Can anybody get interactive mode output from esxtop? I am performing...
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How to rename VMNIC in ESXi 7.0
Hi There, I am trying to rename alias VMNIC* in ESXi 7.0 and I do not find device entry in /etc/vmware/esx.conf file. Could you please help me with the steps to rename VMNIC in ESXi 7.0 ? Thanks
View ArticleR430 with Dell customized 6.7 U3 | Taking time while create local vmfs datastore
Hi All, I have a server with below specs.Server is running with dell customized 6.7 U3.ESXi OS sits on vflash(4 GB SD card). BIOS,LC and HBA 330 mini fw updated.R430HBA 330 mini and the fw version is...
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Binary translation.
Hello,Is Binary translation usable nowadays? Is ESXi using it? Thank you.
View ArticleAffinity or DRS
I recently purchased 4 new UCS b200 M5 to add to an existing Cluster that supports a Citrix farm. These new blades differ from the existing blades as they have a higher core count, (18c new to 8c...
View ArticleProc folder empty
Hello got a server esxi 6.7 with /proc completely empty, what might be causing the issue ?thanks
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sizing a right coredump partition for esxi?
I encountered a problem which is, after the installation of ESXi 7.0 on a SATADOM device the webpage tells me that no coredump has been configured.(and i found this was due to some underlying HW's...
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ESXi 6.5 - Error loading /sb.v00
Well... this was unexpected. I went restarting my ESXi 6.5 standalone host and I got the following message. The boot device is hosted on a local RAID controller set in RAID1 and both disks are...
View ArticleCan't clone the USB stick wher I've installed ESXI 7: hypervisor not found error
Hello. At the beginning I have installed esxi 7.0 on a 64 GB USB stick. Wnen I tried to upgrade esxi 7,it stopped the procedure telling that there is not enough space on the disk. Then I have cloned...
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what's the meaning of release editions about ESXI P0,EP,U1, U2b, U2C ?
hello, I knew the os release about GA, Stable, RC, Bete, Update.and from VMware Knowledge Base ,what's the meaning of P0,EP,U1, U2b, U2C ?If anybodys knew this, please let me know, thanks.
View ArticleEsxi 6.5, PCI.IDS and PCI passthrough with pci bridge
Hi, i am trying to configure an ESXI 6.5 to use some National Instrument PCI cards in a virtualized environment. I had a lot of problems so far, caused by the design of my system: The computer on which...
View Articlewhy does windows guest reboot upon profiling with performance counters enabled
why does windows 7 32 bit guest reboot upon profiling with performance counters enabled on VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 14320388 the same profiler works instead in windows 2012 server R2 guest, even with...
View ArticleStorage Adapters
There are too many vmhba 32,33,34 etc under the storage adapter. what do these mean? why do i see so much could this be a problem do i need to delete ?
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ESXI6.0 Ask for help if you encounter a problem
The content of the following screen content text is extracted as follows：VMuare ESXi 6.0.0 [ Re leasebui ld-3620759 x86 64]# GP Exception 13 in world 36494 : vmm0 : NET-044 @...
View ArticleMibs ESXI
I am using ESXI7.0 and I can't find a mib that gives me comulative usage of memory and CPU , I have downloaded official mibs and all
View ArticleESXI 6.7 UI not allowing me to login
I've run into a problem as follows: The ESXI 6.7 UI is not allowing me to login from any pc or any browser. I've tried 4 different browsers to no avail. I am using the correct credentials but the...
View ArticleDatastores not visible
I have 3 Esxi 6.7 hosts on Essentials Plus licensing. Using standard switche. All connextend to shared NAS storage. only one of the three hosts successfully connects via iSCSI own connection. The...
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How to find the package/vib that helps to recognize the sensor category
Hi All, I looking for a way to find which package/vib to install in order to the sensor to recognize the disk's category as Storage in ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-standard it is not detect but in...
View Article'OSError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented' for python command...
Hi,I do not know if this is a bug or such a feature of ESXi 6.5, but I decided to write on the forum. The bottom line is that on ESXi 6.5, if you run the following commands in python, we get an...
View ArticleESXi on rPi Temperature
Hi there, I've got the ESXi on ARM fling running on a Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB) and it runs fine but I wanted to be able to see what temperature it is running at. Is there an easy way of doing this?
View ArticleDisplay problem while RDP in Windows server hosted on a VMware ESXi 7.0
Hello,Im having a weird issue on which I already lost a lots of time and I can't seems to find anything online about that.Here is my issue:I have 15 Windows (Windows 10, Windows server 2016 and Windows...
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ESXi 7.0.1 'DevicePowerOn' power on failed with Nvidia Quadro P400 passthrough
I've updated from 6.7.0u2 to 7.0.1(HPE-ESXi-6.7.0-Update2 to (Updated) HPE-Custom-AddOn_701.0.0.10.6.0-40)In an attempt to be able to pass through an Nvidia Quadro P400 to Linux guest.In 6.7.0u2, Linux...
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nic driver install
we use nic ixgben 1.7.1.16 driver on esxi 6.7 u3 host but vmware says we must use ixgbe version 4.4.1 driver. How do I install this new driver, do I need to delete the old driver. how should the steps...
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clone Vm with snapshot
I need to clone VM but I have to keep all snapshots in vCenter 6.0 (ESXi 6.0) environment, so I thought to create new datastore where I'll copy all content from source datastore.But when I add to...
View ArticleESXi 5.x flash memory recovery tool and guide.
Hello everyone, I would appreciate any help with documents and guidelines on how to recover flash memory VMware ESXi 5.x server running in the Mother-board on IBM x-series servers.Haven looked up some...
View Articleroot account chmod Operation not permitted on ESXi 7
for my ESXi 7 host[root@localhost:/tmp] chmod 755 /etc/init.d/xorgchmod: /etc/init.d/xorg: Operation not permitted it looks like a new security feature on ESXi 7, since i can chmod on ESXi 6.7my...
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VMware-ESXI 7.0 Limit number of logins from the same user
How can i limit number of logins(sessions) from the same user? I'm using VMware host client.Basically i just want user to login once and from one device only.
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VMware ESXi 6.7 | Ubuntu 18.04 32-bit | Web Server Application becomes...
My company distributes a local web server that runs on an Ubuntu 18.04 32-bit VM. One client has this running on VMware ESXi 6.7 and our software goes down periodically (every couple of weeks - hard to...
View ArticleESXI 5.5 - Esxtop version 5.5 - network statistics
Hi All, Been searching via google but, can't seem to find anything that specifically states what types of packets PKTTX/s MbTX/s PKTRX/s MbRX/s %DRPTX %DRPRX consist of. I would...
View ArticleVMware ESXI Genshin Impact with Windows 10 OS (Hide virtualization from guest...
As the title says I'm trying to get Genshin Impact to run on a Windows 10 VM on VMware ESXI version 6.7. It's taken quite a long time but so far I've managed to set up a VM with a NVidia Geforce 2070...
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OnBoard Raid
I am using 6.7.0 Update 2 and have a second machine with an msi z490-a motherboard. I am currently running windows 2016 server on this and thinking about installing VMware Will VMware recognize the...
View ArticleESXi5.5 bild 1892794
Good afternoon, dear administrators. Please tell me the reasons for the blue screen, I suffer for a very long time. !!! It appears in different time periods approximately once 40-60 days. Intel...
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Keyboard input not being detected when trying to access UEFI settings.
So I'm following the Fling for Raspiberry Pi instructions downloaded from the ESXi Arm Edition | VMware Flings site.I've updated the Pi's EEPROM through the PI OS update process and have copied over...
View ArticlePatching HP Proliant servers
I have HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 hosts with HP custom imaged installed (VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 15160138). I want to patch with this build 16075168. Do i need to grab another custom hp image or can i just...
View ArticleUSB datastore disappears after trying to create VM
I built an ESXi instance on an 8GB Raspberry Pi using a 256Gb USB stick (plugged directly into the USB 3.0 port on the Pi). I did a SHIFT+O at boot and enabled AutoPartition. It automatically created...
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The VM Configuration Was Rejected
I am having an issue creating VMs on an iSCSI LUN that I have connected to my Raspberry Pi (8GB). I am getting the error that "the VM Configuration was rejected", but I don't see any other information...
View ArticlePanic requested by another PCPU caused by Win Server 2019 on boot
We have a long running ESXi instance (6.7.0 Update 2) that has been running a Win Server 2019 for over a year. Upon a recent reboot, we are getting a red screen of death reading:"Panic requested by...
View ArticleVM Pause disk issues
Hi, Have setup a VM server and resources. Sufficent disk space etc...suddenly out the blue it pauses the VM saying need to free up space on the DS?! The DS has 440GB disk space, the VM is only 400GB...
View ArticleESXi 6.7 loses config after reboot
Hi everyone, I searched all over the web for two days, but I still haven't found anything that helped to solve my case. I have ESXi 6.7 installed on a USB drive running on a DELL Poweredge R710. I know...
View ArticleTrying to delete Dumpfile
I am trying to delete my dumpfile and unable to I am SSH in the correct Host [root@localhost:~] esxcli system coredump file listPath...
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moving VM Disks to new SCSI ID
I currently have a bunch of fisks on the same SCSI(0) ID like Disk 0 SCSI(0:0)Disk 1 SCSI(0:1)DISK2 SCSI(0:2)DISK3 SCSI(0:3) etc.... noticing lot of write/read latency Will it imprive performance if...
View ArticleEsxi 6.5 does not start black screen
Esxi 6.5 does not start black joke. I installed it on a usb key and I find the partitions present. how do i recover partitions or mount devie on storage?
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ESXI 7 network serial port licence level
What level licence do I need to be able to add a network serial port to a VM, "telnet://192.168.1.1:4001" for example. It seemed to work in the evaluation but since I have applied my Essentials licence...
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